Iranian President Hassan Rouhani repeatedly touts his commitment to "constructive engagement" with the international community, particularly as he negotiates a comprehensive nuclear agreement. Yet, as nuclear talks resume this week, the systematic and widespread violations of human rights in Iran continue unabated, overshadowed -- if not sanitized -- by the myopic international focus on the nuclear issue. More »

In Monday's question period, much of the back-and-forth concerned the insinuations from the Prime Minister's Office of wrongdoing on the part of the Chief Justice. Regrettably, as is too often the case in Question Period, there were few answers found in the responses of the government -- and that which was said in reply only raises more questions. More »

The recent insinuations of the Prime Minister’s Office of misconduct on the part of the Chief Justice of Canada are not only extremely troubling, they risk eroding the reputation of one of Canada’s most formidable institutions. More »